As I was walking down the streeta billboard caught my eyeThe advertisements written therewould make you laugh and cryThe rain and hail came down that dayand washed it half awayAnd what was left upon that signwould make that billboard say:

Come smoke a Coca-colaChew catsup cigarettesSee Shirley Temple wrestlewith a box of OysterettesPork and beans will meet tonightin a finish fightBaby Ruth will lecture on Seporia tonight.Bay Rum is good for horsesIt is the best in town.Castoria cures the measlesIf you pay $5 down.Teeth extracted without painfor a half a dime.Ingersolls are selling a little out of time.

Chew Wrigley’s for that headacheTake Campbell’s for that coughThere’s going to be a swimming meetin the village watertroughBuy a case of gingeraleit makes the best of brothShinola sure to curl your hairand not to take it off.

Match in the gas tank boom-boom.

Explanatory notes:Oysterettes the original oyster cracker. Seporia a disease that causes leaf spots on plants including celery and dogwood. Bay Rum a line of products including Exfoliating Bar Soap, Shaving Soap, Aftershave Balm, Cologne and Moisturizing Creme. Ingersolls clocks made from about 1890 until World War II by The Waterbury Clock Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. The company was the forerunner of Timex. Castoria a mild stomach remedy for children. It was said to relieve constipation, flatulence and diarrhea. Shinola a combination lotion and cleaner to keep shoes soft and white.